I am just on a rant about GM's stupid design for the Interior peices.... I don't like how the dash trim peices are held in with a Metal spiked clip that digs into plastic prong type of things on the rear of the trim peice.. I mean that's so stupid.. I have to run some wires for my TOMTOM GPS and the peice has been taken off before but now there is no plastic left on the prong type of the thing now it's can't really clip tight to the metal clip.. Like couldn't they have a better method of having these pieces secure to the dash....

Anyone else have this problem??

Also the paint is a problem on them too.. It's peels off.. GM wouldn't do anything about it stupid .... Like even on my radio controls some of the bottoms are like having the paint wear down.. Like whats the deal with this..

 

if its still under warranty, the buttons should be covered. my dealer replaced my whole headunit for paint chipping

 

yea. that's what we get for buying a plastic fantastic car

 

think you have a plastic fantastic car..... LL

 

I have issues with my trim to. Silver is rubbing off on the door handle trim. Cheap ****. There are cars that are cheaper new and have less quality issues

 

i just repainted my door trim black cuz i was tired of seeing it all chipped up and didnt want to take it to the dealership to fight that battle for warranty lol

 

Yeah, I used fingernail polish remover and just took the rest of the paint off the door handles.

 

Does the black plastic underneath it match the rest of the plastic?

 

It looks like the HVAC bezel if you have the black.

 

I personally ripped thru the plastic with the metal clips in several areas on the trim. To fix it I simply put some jb weld on it to hold the metal clips and they are rock solid now and have not came off again lol

 

Cool.. I will keep that in mind and try it out.. I called the dealer and it's $60 for that part (canadian funds).. I looked at GMpartsdirect and they have the part for $15us but they don't ship to Canada.. So I am not wanting to spend $60 if they will not warrenty this... So JB Weld is a good choice.

 

wow, that might be cool, i have hated that my "new" car has paint chipping issues even though i baby it. Maybe ill just have to try the all black thing. anyone have pics of it done?

 

yeah, I had issues w/ my paint chipping.
On my console & everything.

I took my car to a dealership & they replaced everything!
BUT, now one of my vent pieces is broke.
I'm going to throw a fit!!!

 

wow everyone is having issues with paint chipping off on the plastic bezels. I baby mine as weel. Very careful when cleaning it and everything

 

I'm going back and just painting mine black and clearing the hell out of it.

 

when you take them off, you're probably just pulling them out. what i did was take a very small flathead screwdriver and push the clips up, which relesased the grip. then you don't have to worry about them pulling off the plastic.

 

The silver on the door trim chipped real bad, and I was getting really frustrated with it. I took both of them off, removed the silver with varisol, sanded them lightly & spray painted them with 3 coats of silver again. It looks exactly like the stock silver, except it doesn't chip off.

 

I also have more trouble with these trim pieces than any other car I have ever worked on... after installing an alarm and some audio work (and just playing around), I've messed up pretty much every panel/trim in this car...

I ripped one in half trying to take it off, the passenger lower door trim... SUCKS.

*EDIT*

Yeah, one of my vents is broken too. Also, my driver window-roller knob fell off

 

something funny on the door handle on the driver side to get out of the car the chrome sticker **** was coming off and sliced my thumb wide open bled all over the place. should sue lmao hahaha but i just took it all off and now black. everything in my car is black now. got rid of the nickel finish dash and console kept coming off too..stock sucks..have to modify everything yourself to get it how you would like it :-/

 

Ill agree to the fact that the painting sucks. most of the cobalts we have in for work somewhere along the lines the paint chipping deal was brought up

and the lips for the trim pieces? well, no offense but you just must not be doing it right. I have yet to break a trim tab and ive done a ton of interior work on cobalts. just be gentle with it.

 

it started to peel back with just getting in and out. i didnt think to paint it til it did this. both sides came off passanger side before mine. i got mine used 2005..so maybe they were more ruff with it. i got it in mid 06

 

never had any of these problems